Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3169, Cornelius Dutcher, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Dutcher, Cornelius Mary
R 3169
CONTENTS

11769 Dee of Mary Dulcher at 7 th July 1838 Grimsby
Re March 18, 1895.
3169

State of New York Otsego County 3. Sch
On this 3 rd day of March 1845 personally appeared before the honorable the Judge of the Surrogate in and for said County, while sitting as a court. Mary Ditcher, resident of said County who on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838 the 3 rd of March 1843 & the 17 th of June 1844.
She States that she is informed & verily believes that her mother Ditcher enlisted as a regular Soldier of the War of the Revolution in the town of Salisbury County of Dutchess State of New York for three years in the year 1777 in Captain Klines Company of Regulars that he served out the three years enlistment faithfully and was honorably discharged which discharge was lost or rather burnt with some old papers deemed of no value by her mother Ditcher that said discharge this deponent has often seen in the possession of Cornelious Ditcher in his life time. That this deponents maiden name was Mary Sturtevant and resided in the Town of Kings Mountain in the County of Dutchess State of New York and that on the 1 st day of February 1785 this deponent intermarried with Cornelious Ditcher in the town of Kings Mountain in the County of Dutchess. That the marriage was solemnized by Elder Deacon a minister of the Baptist denomination in the town of Kings Mountain last aforesaid that said Cornelious Ditcher lived together as man & wife until the 3 rd day of January 1839.

when the said her husband Dutcher departed this life in the Town of Union in the County of Ulster State of New York, that said Dutcher never in his lifetime made any application for a pension from the United States, as far as this deponent is informed, at all events said Dutcher never was in the receipt of a pension, that since the death of her husband at the time before stated she has resided at Union that she now resides at Union in the County of Ulster State of New York that she never has intermarried but remains the widow of said Dutcher, that she does not know any one living by whom her husband's services can be proved nor has she any documentary evidence touching the same but begs to refer to the rolls of Revolutionary events to be found at Washington or elsewhere sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Deponent would state that her marriage took place after the close of the war but prior to 1794 as before stated.
State of New York
Albany County
31
I James Surrogate in & for the county aforesaid, hereby certify that Mrs. Mary Dutcher widow of Cornelius Dutcher did come before me in open court and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Declaration to the best of her knowledge and belief.
[Signature] Surrogate

State of New York Otsego County 3 Set
I James Brachet Surrogate in & for the County aforesaid, hereby certify that satisfactory Evidence was made to appear before me in open Court, that Cornelius Dutcher departed this life on the 1 st day of January one thousand eight hundred thirty in the Town of Ames in the County of Otsego State aforesaid that he left at his death Mary Dutcher as his widow that she is still living as such at the place before stated where said Cornelius was reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution that her charac- ter for truth & veracity has been good since I have known her, now more than twenty years.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my name as Surrogate & affixed my Seal of Office this 8 day of March 18157
James Brachet Surrogate I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original now on file in my office and of the whole thereof. Given under my hand this 8 day of March 18157 James Brachet Surrogate

May 2, 1940
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Mrs. H. A. Kunkle 401 East 8th Street Ellsworth, Kansas
CORNELIUS DUTCHER R. 3169 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of any Cornelius Dutcher, of Massachusetts or Dutchess County, New York. You state that his wife was named Elizabeth and that he had a son, Ruleff, who was born June 26, 1786.
The record follows of the only soldier with the name Cornelius Dutcher, under any spelling, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
The date and place of birth, or age, of Cornelius Dutcher and names of his parents were not given.
Cornelius Dutcher married in September, 1782 or 1783, in Livingston Manor, Dutchess County, New York, Mary Buck or Burk, a resident of that place. They were married by a Baptist minister, Elder Dakin. No reference was made to any other marriage of the soldier. He died January 31, 1839, in Aurora, Cattaraugus County, New York.
Mary Dutcher, while living in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York, applied March 3, 1845, for pension which might have been due her as widow of Cornelius, on account of his service in the Revolutionary War. She alleged that he enlisted in Salisbury, Dutchess County, New York, in 1777, for the term of three years, that he served as private in Captain Kline's company in the New York troops, and that he was discharged after having served the term for which he enlisted. She stated that his certificate of discharge was burned by Rulough Dutcher, with other old papers, deemed of no value. Rulough's relationship to the family is not shown.

Mary Dutcher's claim for pension was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of the alleged service, as required by the pension law.
There are no further data on file relative to Cornelius Dutcher, or to his family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1931 - May 22 - H. M. the mother of Mary Dutcher says. 1940 May 2 - wrote to Mrs. H. M. Dutcher - M. & B.
3169
P. O. Mary Dutcher Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 . She printed list of 1852 shows reasons for suspension
Alleges: _____ "Suspended for proof of service from the books of the Re-enlisted: _____ N. Y. comptroller."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

11769
C. Mary Dutcher N.Y.
Act. 7 July '38
Ad to the Table May 13 '45

W. H. Todd May 13. '45

Pension Office May 13. 1845
Sir
The papers in the case of Mrs. Mary Hurdle have been examined & filed
There is no evidence in this Office to prove the alleged service of Cornelius his name was Hurdle during the revolutionary war. Unless the records in the Office of the Secy of State  Compt of New York or it can be clearly shown by by living witnesses that he did serve as stated. The claim of his widow cannot be allowed.
Wm Lloyd Esq
Phil a Penn s

11769 March 18. 1895.
Col. Mayhew, July 1. 1898.
the Hon. the Commissioner of Pensions Washington City, D.C.

Phil a March 17 th 1813
Dear Sir
Enclosed is the pension claim of Mary Dutcher, of the New York line before proceeding to prove marriage, I would be pleased to learn something of the Service, which if it can not be established the marriage will be of no use
I have the honor to be Sir Very respectfully your obedt Servt, W m H. Todd
To Col Edwards, Comm d Pension Yard

MRS. HARRY AARON KUNKLE 401 EAST EIGHTH STREET ELSWORTH, KANSAS
November 5, 1939
Mr. A. D. Hiller, Executive Assistant to the Administrator, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of November 1st has been received and I thank you for your effort to assist.
You state that you have no record of a claim for pension or bounty based on the military service in the Revolutionary War of a Cornelius Dutcher who died May 15, 1828.
This death date may be an error, therefore I am requesting that if you have any record of a pension claim, either accepted or rejected, made by any Cornelius Dutcher , either of Massachusetts or of Dutchess County, New York, you will please send me the full information contained therein.
Our Cornelius Dutcher's wife was named Elizabeth, and he had a son Ruleff, who married Almira Warring. Ruleff was born June 26, 1786, so may have been a minor when this pension was applied for by his father.
We are trying to prove that the Cornelius Dutcher who served in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, in the Revolutionary War under Captain Ebenezer Cook, is the same Cornelius Dutcher who later lived in Dutchess County, New York, and is our applicant's ancestor. We are hoping that any claim made for pension might clear this matter for us.
Very sincerely yours,
Mrs. H. A. Kunkle
Secretary Smoky Hill Chapter

STAFFORD KING FOR STATE AUDITOR
LESTER R. BADGER, CHAIRMAN J. F. SUTHERLAND, TREASURER ELMER F. HILLNER, SECRETARY
212 EVANSTON BUILDING TEL. GENEVA 2284 Minneapolis, Minn. Sept. 8, 1931
Dear Sir:
I am doing some Genealogical work and there is one thing I want to verify.
There was a Cornelius Dutcher, who served 24 days as a Pvt. in Col. John Brown's (Berkshire Co. Mass) Regt. in the Rev. War. Date of service Sept. 20, 1777 to Oct. 14, 1777 at the "Northwood". In the same Regt. at an earlier time served a Christopher Dutcher, and I believe them to be brothers, and as their father farmed in Litchfield Co, Conn which borders Berkshire Co I think this bears out. What I'd like to know is if Cornelius Dutcher was on the pension roll? He went back to Dover, N.Y. about 1800 & died at Dover or Dover Plains, May 15, 1828. I want to make application for the Society of Rev. Descendants, and

VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE OF MINNEAPOLIS
STAFFORD KING FOR STATE AUDITOR
LESTER R. BADGER, CHAIRMAN J. F. SUTHERLAND, TREASURER ELMER F. HILLNER, SECRETARY
212 EVANSTON BUILDING TEL. GENEVA 2284
2-18-58
this would verify my records. Thanking you in advance for your trouble I am, Yours Resp., Merlin Dutcher 4827 34 th Ave. So Minneapolis,

May 22, 1931
Merlin Dutcher 4827 - 34th Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 3169, that Cornelius Dutcher married in September, 1782 or 1783, in Livingston Manor, Dutchess County, New York, Mary Burk or Buck (?), of said Livingston Manor.
He died January 31, 1839, in Aurora, Cattaraugus County, New York. His age is not given.
His widow, Mary, applied for pension March 3, 1845, then a resident of Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York, aged seventy-seven years, and alleged that her husband, Cornelius Dutcher, enlisted in Salisbury, Dutchess County, New York, in 1777, and served three years in Captain Kline's company. The claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of the alleged service, as required by the pension law.
One Rulough Dutcher was referred to, no relationship shown.
The above noted is the history of the only soldier named Cornelius Dutcher found in the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner
The record of his service was found by Rulough Dutcher with other papers dated 7-20-1845. His relationship to the family is not shown.